Our Virginia Common Wealth Tour continues… We headed out of Verona and on to rural Buchanan, Virginia. We stopped at the Buchanan Quick Stop (that didn’t seem all that quick ). A slow country music song … Continue reading
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I attended a Colorado Amendment 62 Personhood meeting in Greeley, Colorado. This is a statewide push to make abortion illegal. The literature points to the Biblical passage, Jeremiah 1:5, which quotes God saying: “Before I formed you … Continue reading
We headed north out of Houston, stopping at Camp Kappe in Plantersville, Texas. This is a youth camp that teaches environmental awareness and empathy for the plight of those in the Third World. At the camp is a … Continue reading
I was ‘homeless’ in Atlanta today… I went out with a group of guys from the Open Door Community early this morning to stand in solidarity with the some 10,000 homeless people. We took no money, no food… and … Continue reading
From Atlanta, we headed a couple hours east to Jubilee Partners Community in Comers, Georgia, for a series of interviews. The first day we met with Brad Smith who gave us a tour of the rural property. Jubilee … Continue reading
We have traveled to mid-Ohio to look at sustainable agriculture practices. Today I found myself in a conversation with several social-justice oriented farmers. One said that we so take for granted having access to fresh drinking water, while … Continue reading
Just finished an article about “Hip Hop” music. It ran in National Geographic. Writer James McBride categorizes some of Hip Hop as “social commentary.” And he went to Dakar, Senegal, to search for the African roots of … Continue reading
I mentioned at the beginning of this week that I talked with Augi Pacetti who is a youth minister at St. Ignatius High School here in Cleveland. Several of his students and another teacher have been doing The Great … Continue reading
We’re back in Cleveland for part of the winter and Liz and I coached in an indoor soccer league at the neighborhood Rec. Center. The kids, as usual, were spirited, competetive and several of them we’re awful good … Continue reading
Buckeye Back Road Tour cont.: Liz and I talked to three classes at St. John’s Catholic High School in Bellaire, Ohio. The last presidential debate was the night before and it was dominated by talk of the economy. … Continue reading